Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.64
Fullgrid	[-]	3.66	3.60	3.65	4.24	0.425		-3.64e-05	0.814	0.917		0.673	0.690	0.868	0.993	0.783
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.63	3.59	3.65	3.53	0.405		-0.0623	2.23	1.85		0.588	0.318	0.715	0.987	0.585

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.32
Fullgrid	[-]	2.33	2.33	2.30	3.73	7.49		0.0390	0.597	0.223		0.627	0.684	0.976	0.990	0.792
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.26	2.24	2.31	3.50	7.66		-0.0818	1.91	1.54		0.538	0.378	0.744	0.980	0.604

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.33
Fullgrid	[-]	2.33	2.34	2.35	2.70	2.17		0.0127	0.613	0.725		0.720	0.744	0.911	0.988	0.821
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.27	2.28	2.33	2.24	2.18		-0.0565	1.30	1.27		0.581	0.499	0.825	0.976	0.676

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.911
Fullgrid	[-]	0.954	0.952	0.930	0.999	1.23		0.0453	0.241	0.353		0.711	0.759	0.964	0.989	0.836
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.951	0.945	0.907	1.04	1.25		0.0402	0.354	0.646		0.622	0.645	0.935	0.974	0.764

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	7.53
Fullgrid	[-]	7.72	7.80	7.68	7.23	7.49		-0.219	1.95	1.41		0.546	0.637	0.801	0.971	0.718
Sparsegrid	[-]	7.38	7.49	7.54	7.18	7.36		-0.0513	3.82	2.72		0.446	0.280	0.558	0.927	0.498

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.37
Fullgrid	[-]	1.45	1.46	1.39	1.82	2.16		0.0805	0.233	0.330		0.759	0.817	0.973	0.983	0.870
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.41	1.42	1.37	1.95	2.09		0.0518	0.349	0.720		0.695	0.689	0.931	0.988	0.798

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.48
Fullgrid	[-]	1.43	1.42	1.48	2.35	4.92		0.0536	0.363	0.560		0.721	0.775	0.929	0.988	0.838
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.56	1.52	1.47	2.81	4.86		0.0456	0.649	0.828		0.590	0.605	0.903	0.970	0.735

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.97
Fullgrid	[-]	3.59	3.42	3.98	5.98	5.71		-0.104	1.70	0.691		0.553	0.534	0.919	0.965	0.701
Sparsegrid	[-]	4.08	3.87	3.96	5.55	5.67		-0.103	2.74	1.53		0.471	0.341	0.776	0.958	0.577

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.02
Fullgrid	[-]	1.10	1.11	1.02	0.964	0.744		0.0821	0.197	0.321		0.749	0.818	0.971	0.990	0.869
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.02	1.04	1.02	1.03	0.720		0.0202	0.305	0.887		0.668	0.705	0.906	0.984	0.794

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.55
Fullgrid	[-]	1.42	1.37	1.56	2.73	2.77		-0.0101	0.441	0.714		0.685	0.739	0.912	0.970	0.809
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.59	1.45	1.53	3.01	2.79		-0.0788	0.879	1.55		0.554	0.528	0.750	0.958	0.664

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.13
Fullgrid	[-]	2.13	2.12	2.15	2.41	3.12		0.0182	0.448	0.880		0.635	0.777	0.880	0.984	0.810
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.11	2.07	2.13	2.38	3.11		-0.0522	0.719	1.25		0.537	0.598	0.833	0.948	0.703

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.25
Fullgrid	[-]	2.03	2.14	2.24	1.04	4.50		0.0196	0.599	0.739		0.680	0.743	0.904	0.979	0.810
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.30	2.22	2.23	3.08	4.47		-0.00849	1.21	1.49		0.576	0.537	0.779	0.970	0.680

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	0.395
Fullgrid	[-]	0.400	0.384	0.392	0.792	0.795		0.0133	0.217	1.15		0.768	0.819	0.831	0.950	0.838
Sparsegrid	[-]	0.393	0.383	0.395	0.536	0.788		-0.0109	0.337	1.89		0.702	0.706	0.703	0.936	0.751

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.08
Fullgrid	[-]	1.06	1.06	1.07	0.945	1.84		0.0101	0.288	0.350		0.715	0.776	0.966	0.936	0.834
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.05	1.04	1.07	1.17	1.87		-0.0301	0.385	0.575		0.653	0.675	0.950	0.925	0.776

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.18
Fullgrid	[-]	2.89	2.83	3.15	3.50	7.24		-0.0384	1.12	0.908		0.554	0.632	0.873	0.966	0.731
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.18	3.06	3.10	3.60	7.21		-0.0511	2.75	3.35		0.449	0.202	0.428	0.962	0.449

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.96
Fullgrid	[-]	2.95	2.91	2.94	3.10	3.57		0.0249	0.320	0.816		0.783	0.827	0.885	0.998	0.864
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.88	2.80	2.96	3.41	3.67		-0.153	0.796	1.78		0.544	0.563	0.727	0.994	0.678

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	2.22
Fullgrid	[-]	2.13	2.08	2.19	3.50	6.36		0.0407	0.449	0.757		0.708	0.761	0.902	0.969	0.820
Sparsegrid	[-]	2.28	2.19	2.19	4.33	6.49		-0.0119	0.703	0.974		0.540	0.608	0.873	0.938	0.714

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.27
Fullgrid	[-]	1.23	1.23	1.27	3.12	0.941		0.0264	0.385	0.847		0.658	0.764	0.877	0.952	0.803
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.25	1.28	1.27	3.88	0.995		0.0111	0.723	2.23		0.558	0.514	0.645	0.958	0.638

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	6.08
Fullgrid	[-]	6.20	6.16	6.11	6.02	4.81		0.0668	1.38	0.757		0.607	0.692	0.918	0.985	0.779
Sparsegrid	[-]	6.41	6.35	6.09	6.55	4.73		0.270	3.44	2.02		0.494	0.338	0.688	0.974	0.567

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	3.26
Fullgrid	[-]	3.23	3.24	3.27	3.28	4.47		-0.0195	0.646	0.662		0.723	0.782	0.922	0.991	0.840
Sparsegrid	[-]	3.07	3.07	3.25	3.14	4.53		-0.184	1.49	1.84		0.565	0.506	0.714	0.971	0.652

	Download Data	Period Mean (original grids) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (intersection) [mm d-1]	Model Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]	Benchmark Period Mean (complement) [mm d-1]		Bias [mm d-1]	RMSE [mm d-1]	Phase Shift [months]		Bias Score [1]	RMSE Score [1]	Seasonal Cycle Score [1]	Spatial Distribution Score [1]	Overall Score [1]
Benchmark	[-]	1.60
Fullgrid	[-]	1.48	1.47	1.54	0.881	4.56		0.0615	0.907	0.999		0.452	0.594	0.865	0.906	0.682
Sparsegrid	[-]	1.69	1.72	1.56	0.841	4.63		0.157	1.45	2.27		0.419	0.400	0.638	0.918	0.555

Africa - Central Africa - Sahel Africa - South Asia - East Siberia Asia - Indonesia Asia - North Central Asia - South Central Asia and China Asia - Southeast Asia and India Asia - West Siberia Australia Europe Global - Land Middle East and Sahara North America - Alaska and Northern Canada North America - Central America North America - Eastern United States North America - Southern Canada North America - Western United States South America - Amazon South America - Southeast South America - Southwest Temporally integrated period mean Temporally integrated period mean max month Temporally integrated mean phase shift Temporally integrated mean phase shift score Temporally integrated period mean bias Temporally integrated period mean bias score Temporally integrated period mean rmse Temporally integrated period mean rmse score Spatially integrated regional mean cycle Spatially integrated regional mean detrended cycle Spatially integrated regional mean

  Title:

GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:

v2018

  Institutions:

Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:

GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:

2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc

2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:

Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:

time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12

temporal_resolution: monthly

spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree

units: mm d-1

  Convention:

CF-1.8